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Pet   /pɛt/   Listen
noun
pet  n.  
1.
A cade lamb; a lamb brought up by hand.
2.
Any person especially cherished and indulged; a fondling; a darling; often, a favorite child; as, a teacher's pet. "The love of cronies, pets, and favorites."
3.
A slight fit of peevishness or fretfulness. "In a pet she started up."
4.
Any animal kept as a companion, usually in or around one's home, typically domesticated and cared for attentively and often affectionately. Distinguished from animals raised for food or to perform useful tasks, as a draft animal or a farm animal.



verb
Pet  v. t.  (past & past part. petted; pres. part. petting)  To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge; as, she was petted and spoiled.



Pet  v. i.  To be a pet.



adjective
pet  adj.  Petted; indulged; favorite; admired; cherished; as, a pet child; a pet lamb; a pet theory; a pet animal. "Some young lady's pet curate."
Pet cock. (Mach.) A little faucet in a water pipe or pump, to let air out, or at the end of a steam cylinder, to drain it. (Also spelled petcock)






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"Pet" Quotes from Famous Books



... your security, my little woman, that she won't be displeased. Dear me, what nice hair and purty curls you have! and such beautiful teeth! Don't you think Miss Amanda is jealous of your charms? eh? Why do you turn away your head, my pet?" ...
— The Cross and the Shamrock • Hugh Quigley

... woman kept the Fellow of All-Souls still a boy at heart, nor that the reserved and inappropriate man forgot his awkwardness in his mother's presence. He was not only a very affectionate son, but a dutiful good child to her. It had been his pet scheme for years to bring her from her Devonshire cottage, and make her mistress of his house. That had been the chief attraction, indeed, which drew him to Carlingford; for had he consulted his own tastes, ...
— The Rector • Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

... of a good many of the boys. One of them said to me the day after the mumpy ones were taken over to Meaux: "Lucky fellows. I wish I had the mumps. After Verdun it must be jolly to be in the hospital with nothing more dangerous than mumps, and a nice, pretty girl, in a white cap, to pet you. I can't think of a handsomer way to spend a ...
— On the Edge of the War Zone - From the Battle of the Marne to the Entrance of the Stars and Stripes • Mildred Aldrich

... and struck his cousin's dove As, wheeling round and round, It hovered near—the wounded bird Fell fluttering to the ground. And in a moment o'er her pet Dear Madge is bending low. Oh, how she blames the faithless ...
— Little Folks (July 1884) - A Magazine for the Young • Various

... have a love &c. n. for, entertain a love &c. n. for, harbor cherish a love &c. n. for; regard, revere; take to, bear love to, be wedded to; set one's affections on; make much of, feast one's eyes on; hold dear, prize; hug, cling to, cherish, pet. burn; adore, idolize, love to distraction, aimer eperdument[Fr]; dote on, dote upon; take a fancy to, look sweet upon; become enamored &c. adj.; fall in love with, lose one's heart; desire &c. 865. excite love; win the heart, gain the ...
— Roget's Thesaurus


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